Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-28
FROM WASEEINGTON.

sWhewIn said an "Od Guard" repubii-
can from the North il the lobby OF an up,
town hotel TO day. as he vcously glanced
OF The letter Of John S Wise TO the Amer
cus Club banquet at their meeting at fltts.
burc. Pa. last night, in commemoration OF
ina 65rh anniversary Of the birth oil General
Grant. .'What blooming bud of political
nromise is lust now cropping out from the
sInbble fields Of Mahoneism and latter. day
rennblicsnism in the Old Dominion. Why,
that voung man Wise is now one OF the
the main performers on our national orgaG,
and tunes his Tyre for ali our party occa-
sions. little or big, mourn1ul, mlrthtul, or
what not. Then, continuing in thoughtful
strain. he asked what would Roscoe CoDkling
be likely to think on finding the solemn Ut
terances of his stately and statesmanlike let
ter on the dangers menscing the republican
party, and the duty of its patriotic support,
ers at time OF its greatest peril, printed
side by side with the empty congratulations
and gauzv defamation Of one who mad net
enough republican beard on his face to need
more than the traditional cat and the spoon,
full of cream. When Conkling reminded
the banquet that the party when uran.
had led to victories had not, perhaps hep'
step IN the march of events ana that Tue su.
vival of the fitted among the poiiIicai VI
carnations now asking puDllc confluence
might be realized by the revival OF Inc re-
publican party, provided 1t couiu discover
the questions deserving OF ATTENTION, 'ahe
the right side of them, and then live up TO
its convictions, to have these words
of profound wisdom and wholesome
admonltion condemned and derlded 10
the cheap assurance OF stranger anu
tyro telling battle scared republicans
"You will assemble at time when every
clond that lowers over the house of repub.
licanism seem, to be floating away, anu
brighter dav than ever seems TO be dawning
for that great party | say TO read this
answer, so to speak, of John 5. Wise to Ros-
coe Conkling, is indeed a sad reminder that
the ''erand old party is indeed fast drift
ing into degenerate leadership, and may
soop cease to be either respectable or form.
liable. And the stalvart Of other days and
friend of the great New York chieftain,
looked a look of supreme disgust, and con-
temptuously threw the newspaper down,
and commenced talking about other things.
Ex.Congressman E. John Ellis, OF LoulSl-
ana, in talking to the GAZETTE cores
pendent this morning about the present con
dition of the demo cratic party, SAID the
President is an honest man aud tries to 40
what he thinks is right, but that as he only
sees and hears what the tlAtterers who nave
received favors from him, or who expect
them. saw. he does not know the real condl.
ton of the national democracy. MIR. ELLIS
said Mr.. Carlisle will be Speaker OF the next
House, and is 10 favor OF an extra session OF
Congress, to commence on the first OF Oc-
tober. and so are many Of the other wsest
leaders of the party. The proper course 10
be pursued, said Mr.. Ellis, would be for MIR.
Carlisle to select the members OF the ways
and means and the river and haroor com
mittees now, and announce them within
ten minutes after the organization OF the
House for the committee on ways aud
means to report bills within week vemov-
ing the duty OH lumber, coal, salt. medicine
and some other prime necessarles OF lie, 10
remove the internal revenue tax on tabacco
and abolish the espionage system OF the
internal revenue laws, and to provide Tor
the speedy reduction Of the surplus in The
Treasury, and for putting that surplus III
circulation; that the river and harbor COM
mites at the same time should report a
proper river and harbor bill, and that both
tie e bills should be pushed through
the House before the close OF the
month, and sent TO the Senate. The
latter bill, should it become law as it
undoubtedly would as soon as practicable,
would enable the government to prosecute
the work OF improving the rivers and harbors
seven or eight months OF that fiscal year.
With some other good work and an
adjournment in May, he said the party
would be in fair condition for the next cam
paigu, certainly in better condition than
it is now. The internal revenue bill, he
said, if passed By the House by the end
of October, would remove some, at least, OF
the democratic dissatisfaction in Virginia.
and would have decidedly beneficial elect
upon the democratic cause at the election
to be held in that State in the succeeding
November. Some of the wisest and best OF
the acknowledged leaders of the party,
Mr.. Ellis said, should 60 TO the Presi-
dent, and tell him the exact condition oithe
party, the condition that every disincr-
ested man sees, and advise him TO
put himself in accord with the party, to con-
suit and confer with its leaders. to use his
influence with the democrats in Congress to
have the course above suggested pursued, and
during the remainder of his term to remove
most. if not all, the republicans in Office not
protected by the civil service law. Such
advice from such source, Mr.. Ellis said,
he was induced to believe from what he
knew of the President would be adopted by
him, and if 60, he was col fident an improve
ment of the party in every State in the
Union would soon be Observable and there
would be strong ground for the revival of
the hope that 1.-The democrats have come to
stayn
A personal friend of Mr.. Randall says
that while that gentleman tries to encour.
age all respondent democrats, he is by no
means encouraged himself at the democrat
ic prospects next year, for the reason that
Mr.. Cleveland. with an almost solid party
supporting him in 1854, would have been
defeated by change of five hundred votes
in New York, and that, from what the party
leaders there say, he fears the changes there
will be an hundred fold more than that.
j. E. Crush, of the Lynchburg district
has received an appointment in the Treas
ury Department. but will have to resign one
in the Interior Department in order to &C.
cept it.
The President's letter TO the Secretary Of